Groundwater deterioration of shallow groundwater aquifers due to overexploitation in northeast Jordan

Clean - Soil, Air, Water

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 156-166

  El Naqa, Ali ^a   Al Momani, Mohammed ^b   Kilani, Suzan ^b   Hammouri, Nezar ^a  

^a HASHEMITE UNIVERSITY   (Jordan)

^b Ministry of Water and Irrigation   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Deterioration; Groundwater; Isotopes; Overexploitation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; BASALT; DETERIORATION; DISSOLUTION; FLOW OF WATER; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES; ISOTOPES; WATER LEVELS;

AQUIFER; BASIN MANAGEMENT; DISSOLUTION; GROUNDWATER EXPLORATION; GROUNDWATER FLOW; ISOTOPIC COMPOSITION; LEAKAGE; PUMPING; SALINIZATION; STABLE ISOTOPE;

ASIA; EURASIA; JORDAN; MIDDLE EAST;

EID: 34247612464     PISSN: 18630650     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/clen.200700012     Document Type: Article

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